surströmming

See also: surstrømming

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish surströmming, from sur (“sour”) + strömming (“Baltic herring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʊə(ɹ)stɹɜːmɪŋ/, /ˈsʊə(ɹ)stɹɒmɪŋ/

Noun

surströmming (uncountable)

1. A traditional Swedish food made by fermenting Baltic herring in wooden casks.

Translations

traditional Swedish food made from fermented Baltic herring

• Belarusian: сюрстро́мінг m (sjurstróminh)
• Bulgarian: сюрщрьоминг n (sjurštrjoming)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瑞典鹽醃鯡魚 / 瑞典盐腌鲱鱼 (Ruìdiǎn yányān fēiyú)

• Danish: surströmming c
• Estonian: hapusilk
• Finnish: hapansilakka (fi)
• German: Surströmming m
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: シュールストレミング (ja) (shūrusutoremingu)
• Korean: 수르스트뢰밍 (sureuseuteuroeming)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: surstrømming m

  Nynorsk: surstrømming m

• Russian: сюрстрёмминг m (sjurstrjómming)
• Swedish: surströmming (sv) c
• Ukrainian: сюрстре́мінг m (sjurstréminh), сюрстре́мінґ m (sjurstréming)

Danish

Etymology

From Swedish surströmming (literally “sour herring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsuɐ̯ˌsd̥ʁɶmeŋ]

Noun

surströmming c (singular definite surströmmingen, not used in plural form)

1. surströmming (traditional Swedish food made from fermented Baltic herring)

Declension

Declension of surströmming

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	surströmming	surströmmingen
genitive	surströmmings	surströmmingens

Swedish

en öppnad burk surströmming [an opened can of surströmming]

Etymology

sur (“sour”) +‎ strömming (“Baltic herring”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʉːrˌstrœmɪŋ/, [ˈsʉ̟ːˌʂʈrœ̝mːɪŋ]

Noun

surströmming c

1. surströmming (traditional Swedish food made from fermented Baltic herring)

   Synonym: suring

Declension

Declension of surströmming

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	surströmming	surströmmings
	definite	surströmmingen	surströmmingens
plural	indefinite	surströmmingar	surströmmingars
	definite	surströmmingarna	surströmmingarnas

Derived terms

• surströmmingsburk (“can of surströmming”)
• surströmmingsklämma (“surströmming sandwich (with accompaniments – a common way to eat surströmming)”)
• surströmmingspremiär

See also

• crème fraiche
• dill
• gräddfil
• gräslök
• mandelpotatis
• ost
• rödlök
• smör
• tomat
• tunnbröd

References

• surströmming in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• surströmming in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)